diff --git a/app-admin/cronolog/cronolog-1.6.2-r6.ebuild b/app-admin/cronolog/cronolog-1.6.2-r6.ebuild
index 913f65fbd788c..8652eb31a5648 100644
--- a/app-admin/cronolog/cronolog-1.6.2-r6.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/cronolog/cronolog-1.6.2-r6.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PV}-patches
 	# rename and move into ${PV}-patches after -r3 removal
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-umask.patch
+        "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-stringh.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {